T4 to T3 Conversion
Paul is an active advocate for thyroid patients through his regular blog posts, which offer a wealth of information that both relate to his books as well as current news and insights.
This tag will be used for topics associated with the conversion from T4 (thyroxine) to T3 (triiodothyronine), in the body.
Some thyroid patients are good converters of T4 to T3. Some are not good and these thyroid patients often require different forms of thyroid medication other than Levothyroxine (Synthroid). They often need natural desiccated thyroid or medications containing some T3 (Liothyronine).
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Assessing Your T4 to T3 Conversion Capability: Are You A Good Enough Converter of T4? Do you have enough T3?
By Paul Robinson |
Dr Tania S. Smith, of Thyroid Patients Canada, wrote an article on assessing conversion ability from T4 to T3 in ...
Autoimmune Protocols (AIPs) for Lowering Autoantibodies – May Not Be Right for Every Thyroid Patient
By Paul Robinson |
These days, there is a lot of focus on diet and supplements as a solution to autoimmune thyroid problems. The ...
Using SPINA-Thyr Software for Patients on No Thyroid Treatment or on Levothyroxine (T4) Only
By Paul Robinson |
SPINA-Thyr is a free diagnostic application, developed by Dr. Johannes Dietrich. The software application takes thyroid laboratory test values TSH, ...
Could Atrophic Thyroiditis Be Your Problem? It is Not Always About Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
By Paul Robinson |
This blog post is based on an article from Dr Tania S. Smith, and on discussions between Dr Smith and ...
A Healthy Thyroid Gland Can Compensate for Poor T4 to T3 Conversion – Implications for Thyroid Treatment
By Paul Robinson |
Dr. Tania S. Smith of Thyroid Patients Canada has written a technically excellent article entitled Thyroid T3 Secretion Compensates for ...
The Hypothyroidism Numbers Trap: Thyroid Production of T4 and T3 and Conversion Rate of T4 to T3 is Not Fixed
By Paul Robinson |
This article is based on an excellent new blog post by the Canadian Thyroid Patient's group Dr. Tania S. Smith. ...
More T4 or T3 Thyroid Medication May Not Always Raise Patients’ FT3 Levels in Thyroid Hormone Treatment
By Paul Robinson |
Sometimes 2 +2 does not equal 4 when dealing with thyroid hormones. This blog post is relevant to those patients ...
Principles and Practical Tips for FT4, FT3 and Reverse T3
By Paul Robinson |
This is from a post by Tania S. Smith on her website for Canadian thyroid patients. I have never been ...
Thyroid Hormones and Deiodinase Enzymes
By Paul Robinson |
Here are two more good articles from Dr. Tania Smith of the Canadian Thyroid Patients group. I recommend these articles ...
The Thyroid System- What You Need to Know (& what your doctor may not know) – YouTube Video Blog
By Paul Robinson |
My name is Paul Robinson. I am the author of three books on recovering from hypothyroidism: The Thyroid Patient's Manual, ...